CSK win by 5 wickets against RCB

Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets off 19 overs and broke their jinx of four successive defeats, at the M A Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.

Chennai Super Kings scored 166 in just 19 overs against the target of 161 set by the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Earlier, batting first on winning the toss, the Royal Challengers made 161 for 4 in 20 overs but failed to defend the score.

The Super Kings have now three wins in eight matches to take their points tally to six. The Challengers, who suffered their third loss in seven mataches, have four wins. Their point tally is eight.

The scores:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: M. Pandey c Dhoni b Thushara 5 (7b, 1x4), J. Kallis (run out) 52 (49b, 7x4), R. Uthappa c Gony b Jakati 21 (13b, 1x4, 2x6), V. Kohli c Vijay b Jakati 34 (24b, 3x4, 1x6), K. Pietersen (not out) 23 (14b, 2x4,1x6), C. White (not out) 21 (13b, 2x4, 1x6); Extras (lb-1, w-4): 5; Total (for four wkts. in 20 overs): 161.

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-54, 3-117, 4-117.

Chennai Super Kings bowling: Thushara 4-0-30-1, Gony 3-0-39-0, Morkel 4-0-40-0, Jakati 4-1-17-2, Muralitharan 4-0-21-0, Ganapathy 1-0-13-0.

Chennai Super Kings: M. Vijay c Pandey b Pietersen 78 (39b, 4x4, 6x6), M. Hayden st. Uthappa b Kumble 12 (14b, 1x6), S. Raina (not out) 44 (35b, 4x4, 1x6), M.S. Dhoni c Dravid b Steyn 14 (19b, 1x4), A. Morkel b Kallis 1 (3b), S. Badrinath c Uthappa b Vinay 7 (6b, 1x4), C. Ganapathy (not out) 0 (0b); Extras (b-1, lb-5, w-2, nb-2): 10; Total (for five wkts. in 19 overs): 166.

Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-104, 3-138, 4-143, 5-152.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Praveen 3-0-42-0, Steyn 4-0-20-1, Kumble 4-0-16-1, Kallis 3-0-21-1, Pietersen 2-0-26-1, Vinay 3-0-35-1.